Dear Diary...

Back when I was a little girl, one of my favorite people in the whole world was my cousin Angela. A lot has happened to us in about 30 years, but one thing has stayed the same: she is still one of my favorite people in the whole world. To know her is to love her. In my eyes, she is truly the embodiment of a little girl's heroine: A Disney Princess. She is beautiful, kind, smart, determined, brave, classy and strong. We have often called ourselves sisters instead of cousins, but truthfully I think we have it even better. We have been sisters without the sibling rivalry, without the bickering, without the drama (well, for the most part!) :)

So while most people have been keeping touch with the world on facebook, Angela has remained absent from that corner of the world wide web. She decided to keep a blog instead, and I have to say I'm excited to be able to read all about her thoughts and dreams. It made me think back to the days when we both spent a lot of time writing. Poems and stories which ranged from innocent, little girl rhyming to the more meaningful and sometimes racy when we were teenagers. But mostly it reminded me of a favorite past time we would share when we got together: reading our diaries. Specifically, hers! :) It is a rite of passage for a little girl to have a diary, and hers was the ultimate! A lock and key, softly scented, including a bookmark. We loved reading through it often, chattering and giggling endlessly through it as little girls and teenagers do.

I started to think about why we keep diaries, journals, scrapbooks, and photo albums. Obviously it is a record of our life. But it can be so much more. Writing has always been a special way for me to express myself; something I have always enjoyed doing. So I thought that I would give it a try, also. It takes me back to a sweeter, simple time in my life when all I wanted to do was whatever Angela was doing.

After all, what girl doesn't want to be just like a princess?